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1 Present BEDFORDSHIRE BENEFITS NETWORK MINUTES OF MEETING am, Wednesday 1 st March 2017 CVS, 43 Bromham Road, Bedford Elliott Stephenson Samantha Lucas Len Simkins Rucha Aghera Karen Banfield Lila Begum Karina Chamberlain Samantha Conder Noor D Agostino Roweena Hamilton Debbie Harris James Hurd Jon Howton Jane Jenkins Christian King Julie Luckman Yasmina Mahmood Annette Pacey Jenny Pulling Amanda Ryan Ashaq Shamin Sheila Stubbins Philippa Ward Aragon Housing Association (Chair) DWP (Speaker) BAF / Infotrain (Facilitator and minutes) Citizens Advice Bedford Citizens Advice Leighton Linslade Stonewater Ltd Macmillan Welfare Rights Service Macmillan Welfare Rights Service, CBC Aldwyck Housing Group Gateway Housing Support, CBC Revenue and Benefits, CBC Bedford Borough Council BRASS Citizens Advice Luton Disability Resource Centre Revenue and Benefits, CBC Bedford Borough Council Bpha Citizens Advice Mid Bedfordshire Bpha Disability Resource Centre Money Advice at St Andrews Carers in Bedfordshire Apologies Jon Clingan Sarah Dove Karen Lister Cathy Moorhouse Bhavani Sarma Helen Turney Sue Warner Carers in Bedfordshire Gateway Housing Support, CBC Salvation Army Debt Advice Service (Bedford) BRASS Disability Resource Centre Bedford Citizens Housing Association Citizens Advice Mid Beds This Benefits Network meeting was organised by on behalf of In partnership with
2 Item Subject Action 1 Introductions and apologies Elliott Stephenson (Chair) welcomed everybody to the meeting. Introductions were made and apologies for absence taken. 2 Minutes of last meeting (28 th September 2016) and matters arising The minutes were accepted as correct, Matters arising were: Item 7.2 Information Exchange Macmillan Welfare Rights Service Samantha Condor confirmed that although the service is now focussing more on outreach appointments in hospitals, they are still able to make home visits, if necessary. 3 Universal Credit Samantha Lucas (Partnership Manager, Bedford and Central Bedfordshire Jobcentre Plus, DWP) gave a presentation on Universal Credit (UC). The Full Digital Service for UC will be introduced at Bedford Jobcentre Plus on 3 rd May. Bedford will be the first JCP office in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire to run the Full Service. Sam is consulting with colleagues at JCP offices in London that are already using the Full Service. Training for Bedford staff will begin on 17 th March. The UC IT system is dynamic and can be amended at any time based on the experiences in the Full Service areas. From 3/5 new claimants of working age who use Bedford JCP will claim UC. The natural migration of existing claimants to UC will also start on 3/5. An existing claimant will transfer to UC when there is a significant change in circumstances. The managed migration of all other existing claimants will start at a later date and will take a number of years to complete. Current claimants with long-term on illnesses and disabilities will probably remain on the current, legacy benefits the longest, before being changed to UC. Sam is currently liaising with local stakeholders including the local authorities, housing associations, private landlords, and support agencies. She has had recent discussions about the rent verification process with social landlords, and about care leavers with local authorities. A comment was made to Sam about the wording used in UC correspondence. The term liability for rent is confusing for some claimants and should be changed.
3 Sam went through some slides she had prepared. These will be circulated after the meeting. Len Everything within the Full Service is digital, and most communication will be done online. Interestingly about 50% of claims are made using smart phones or tablets rather than on PCs. Sam explained that some digital support is available to claimants at JCP offices. Personal Budgeting Support will be available for claimants who need help budgeting. Sam has had meetings with Bedford Credit Union and Citizens Advice Bedford about this. Referrals will be made by a JCP Work Coach. Although most UC claimants will receive their payments monthly, directly to themselves, it is possible to have an Alternative Payment Arrangement. With an APA UC can be paid direct to a landlord, or more frequently than once a month, or split within a household. There is a list of claimant groups that will probably need an APA, and a list of claimant groups where there is a potential need for an APA. Sam also explained that Advance Payments of UC are also available in certain circumstances. A number of questions were put to Sam. Q. Who identifies if a claimant is on the probable or potential list for an APA? A. There is a process map for APAs. The Work Coach will make a recommendation and this will be passed to the Service Centre. It will only go to a Decision Maker if there is a contentious issue. Sam explained that there is also an Advance Payment process to help claimants in the transfer to monthly payments. Budgeting Advances are also available to help with extra costs. Karen Banfield queried the process for Advance Payments. She had experience of problems in getting a payment. Her client had been refused with no reason. Sam will check on this. Sam Q. What percentage of private landlords receive direct payment of tenants Housing Benefit? A. Sam was not sure on the figure for private landlords. About 30% of claimants have direct payments to a social landlord. Direct payments to private landlords will be less than this. A direct payment to landlord needs to be put in place if it is part of a tenancy agreement. Q. Will Work Coaches identify that claimants could have an APA? Some agencies reported that they had examples of where Work Coaches had not checked on the need for an APA. The adviser had to request the APA on behalf of the client. A. Sam confirmed that Work Coaches should identify if an APA is appropriate.
4 Q. Under the current rules advisers can ring JCP on behalf of a claimant if the claimant has given prior consent. With UC will verification be needed for every conversation? A. Yes. Implicit consent will not apply under the new Full Digital Service. A claimant will need to give explicit consent for each contact. Q. Will there be help for claimants that are not online? A. There will be increased support for digital assistance at Bedford JCP. Also Elliott reported that Aragon Housing Association have appointed a Digital Inclusion Officer who can offer support to tenants who need digital skills Q. Samantha Condor reported on problems she had had with some of her clients with cancer. There had been delays of 4-6 weeks to sort out some problems. Can advisers ring Work Coaches for support? A. Yes a Work Coach can be asked to help. Q. What are the practicalities of making an online claim for UC? A. The claimant will need an account. Their ID will need to be verified. This can also be done online. Q. Will somebody in supported housing or sheltered accommodation be able to claim UC? A. Yes. UC will be paid for their living expenses. However, Housing Benefit will need to be claimed to cover the housing costs. The DWP has a list of exempt properties in Bedford Borough and need to liaise with Central Bedfordshire Council to get their list. Julie Latimer will send this. Julie Q. What are the exact locations for UC claims from 3/5? A. New claimants in the following postcodes will claim UC from 3/5. MK and 9 MK41 0,6,7,8 and 9 MK42 0,6,7,8 and 9 MK43 0,6,7,8 and 9 MK44 1,2,3 MK45 1,2,3,4,5 and 9 Sam was thanked for her presentation. Len confirmed that BAF that would be running some training courses on Universal Credit in May. Details will be circulated in a few weeks. Len 4 Benefit changes April 2017 Elliott Stephenson gave an update on the main changes in April including: Removal of Work Related Activity Component Two child limit for benefits Removal of family element (CTC) and first child element (UC) Changes to UC earnings taper Restrictions for year olds on UC Changes to bereavement benefits
5 Work Related Activity Component The WRAC will not be paid in ESA and UC for new claimants from 3/4/17. Current claimants receive this component which is a week in ESA and a month in UC. Two child limit for benefits (except Child Benefit) This change will affect HB, CTC and UC but not Child Benefit. The limit will apply to a third child born on or after 6/4/17, with some exceptions. Families who already have three or more children will not be affected. New UC claimants with three or more children will initially be re-directed to claim legacy benefits because the current IT system for UC will not be able to deal with their situation yet. Removal of family element The Family Element will only be paid in Child Tax Credit for new claimants if a claimant has a child born before 6/4/17. Similarly the First Child Addition in UC will only be paid to new claimants from 6/4/17 if an eldest child was born before 6/4/17. Existing claimants will not be affected by this change. Change to earnings taper on UC The taper in UC will be reduced from 65% to 63%. So, for every 1 of earnings that are taken into account, a claimant will lose 0.63 from their UC but get to keep Restrictions for year olds on UC From 1/4/17 new claimants aged will not receive help with housing costs in their UC. There will be some exceptions to this. Also the new Youth Obligation will mean that people under 21 will only be able to claim UC for 6 months. After that UC wlll only continue if the young person is in work, education or training. Changes to Bereavement Benefits Bereavement Payment, Bereavement Allowance and Widowed Parents Allowance will be abolished in April. They will be replaced, for new claimants from 6/4/17, by Bereavement Support Payment. This new benefit will be based on a two-tier system depending on whether the surviving spouse or civil partner is has responsibility for a child. Entitlement to the new benefit will be based on the National Insurance contributions of the deceased person. Elliott suggested that BAF could do a ½ day training session on the April benefit changes. This was supported. BAF SG
6 5 Update on other Welfare Reform Issues 5.1 Benefit Cap Various updates were given. James Hurd reported that a lower number of claimants had been affected than expected. Only 190 claimants had been capped in Bedford Borough BBC now has some of its Discretionary Housing Payment budget remaining that had been set aside for benefit cap cases. This has to be spent before the end of March In Central Bedfordshire Julie also reported that there had been lower numbers capped than expected. 160 claimants were currently capped. CBC also has some spare DHP budget to spend in March. Julie encouraged applicants for lump-sum amounts eg payment to cover a period of rent arrears, or removal costs In response to a query James confirmed that a Discretionary Housing Payment could support a claimant who receives HB on two properties. 5.2 Personal Independence Payment Various updates and clarifications were given An Upper Tribunal case had recently extended entitlement to PIP for people with a mental illness. The Government were proposing a change to the legislation to restrict this entitlement Short forms for PIP reviews were now being used Ashaq Shamin reported on a case where a claimant at a tribunal, whose appeal related to one element of PIP, had almost lost full entitlement to PIP. However, the Chair had adjourned the case. This gave the claimant time to obtain some more evidence to make another presentation. 5.3 Other changes Len reported that the Government had dropped its proposal to change Attendance Allowance into a local benefit administered by local authorities. 6 Updates from the local benefit offices 6.1 Housing Benefit Office - Bedford Borough Council James reported that the system for online HB claims had gone live this week. Advisers can support claimants making an online claim. Non-dependant deductions for Council Tax Support (CTS) are increasing by 1.9% in April. There are no planned changes to the rules for CTS although there may be some changes in future to tie in with Universal Credit. Local Welfare Provision will be continuing in 2017/18. The Bedford Borough system is organised by the Community Welfare Team.
7 6.2 Housing benefit Offce - Central Bedfordshire Julie gave an update. There had been a soft launch of their online claiming system for HB. It has been working well. There are no major changes to Council Tax Support but it may change in future due to UC. Non-dependant deductions will remain the same for CTS in April. Julie confirmed that in Central Bedfordshire the capital limit for CTS is 16,000 and all households must pay 25% of the Council Tax unless they are exempt. In Central Bedfordshire Local Welfare Provision is organised by the Council s Housing Department. Provision of vouchers is the main type of support. The contact for information on LWP is Janine Morris. 7 Future plans for the Benefits Network Len explained that the Benefits Network is organised by Bedfordshire Advice Forum. BAF received some funding from the Bedford Borough Partnership Board a few years ago to help with providing support to the advice sector on Welfare Reform. Some of this money has been used to facilitate the Benefits Network but the funding has now almost been used up. BAF will be looking at ways to continue with the Benefits Network. BAF s Steering Group is considering sending out a survey to BAF members to get their views on the network and future funding ideas. Suggestions could be to increase BAF s membership fee to cover the cost of the Benefits Network, or perhaps to introduce an additional fee specifically for the Benefits Network. There was agreement from those at today s meeting that BAF should try to continue to organise the Benefit Network meetings. Attendance at, and feedback from, the meetings continues to be very positive. BAF SG 8 Information exchange BPHA Annette reported that BPHA is a partner in the local Building Better Opportunities project. They are giving budgeting advice and helping to develop money management skills for BPHA tenants who are unemployed or economically inactive. 9 Any other business None 10 Date of next meeting am on Wednesday 20 th September Venue to be confirmed.
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